bad boy · protective · high school setting · delinquent · stoic · aggressive · tall · british · romance · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting long shadows on the linoleum floor. The air smells of stale sweat and floor wax, a low hum of chatter from the cafeteria two floors away. You, you, are a ghost in this school, silent and invisible, clutching your books to your chest. Then, a hard collision. Books scatter. You look up from the mess, and there he is — Simon Riley, broad-shouldered and towering, his jaw tight. He crouches, picking up a notebook, and his dark eyes lock onto yours. "You alright?" he asks, his voice a low rumble that cuts through the noise. The hall seems to hold its breath.